Texas Cheerleader Charged With Poisoning Another Student's Goat

A Texas teenager has been charged with animal cruelty  … this after cops say she poisoned another student’s show goat.

Aubrey Vanlandingham was arrested late last month and charged with cruelty to livestock animals … after police say they saw security footage of her giving toxic pesticide to a classmate’s goat using a drench gun — a tool generally used to administer medicine to goats and other farm animals.

Prosecutors say the goat — named Willie — died about a day after he was allegedly given the toxic pesticide … experiencing symptoms like convulsions and respiratory distress before ultimately passing away. They allege Vanlandingham did “intentionally and knowingly torture a livestock animal.”

Police say this went down at Vista Ridge High School at their barn facility in Cedar Park, Texas, about 20 miles north of Austin … and, an arrest affidavit — first reported by CBS Austin — says Aubrey has already confessed to poisoning the goat, allegedly admitting this was her second attempt, because she claimed the animal’s owner’s daughter was a “cheater.”

Before Willie was killed, police say Aubrey searched for information on her phone about lethal poisons for animals — and, also how to clear her search history. Vanlandingham was released on a $5K bond.